12 Nov
2021
12 Nov
'21
4:57 p.m.
On 2021-11-12 15:24, Paul Koning wrote:
Same with -11M. But it's only used for the kernel.
However, in TOPS-20 as well as some other DEC OSes, this is a common
pattern for all programs.
Johnny
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On Nov 11, 2021, at 6:22 PM, Johnny Billquist
<bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
I must admit that I hadn't considered the possibility of just saving the core. Which
of course can accomplish the same thing in a neat way.
That's a bit like how RSX-11/D and IAS boot -- by reloading the image of memory when
you issued the SAV command. Pretty clever: you set things up the way you want them to be,
and then you make that state persistent.